English-Thai Dictionary

incentive

ADJ ที่ เป็น สิ่งกระตุ้น  ที่ ปลุกเร้า  encouraging motivating ti-pen-sing-kra-tun

 

incentive

N สิ่งกระตุ้น  สิ่งเร้า  encouragement inducement sing-kra-tun

 

incentively

ADV อย่าง กระตุ้น  อย่าง ดลใจ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCENTIVE

a.[Low L. incentivus, from incendo, to burn. ] Inciting; encouraging or moving.
Competency is the most incentive to industry.

 

INCENTIVE

n.[Low L. incentivum.] 1. That which kindles or inflames; used now in a figurative sense only.
2. That which moves the mind or operates on the passions; that which incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur. The love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two most powerful incentives to action.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INCENTIVE

In *cen "tive, a. Etym: [L. incentivus, from incinere to strike up or set the tune; pref. in- + canere to sing. See Enchant, Chant. ]

 

1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative. Competency is the most incentive to industry. Dr. H. More.

 

2. Serving to kindle or set on fire. [R.] Part incentive reed Provide, pernicious with one touch of fire. Milton.

 

INCENTIVE

In *cen "tive, n. Etym: [L. incentivum.]

 

Defn: That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action. The greatest obstacles, the greatest terrors that come in their way, are so far from making them quit the work they had begun, that they rather prove incentives to them to go on in it. South.

 

Syn. -- Motive; spur; stimulus; incitement; encouragement; inducement; influence.

 

INCENTIVELY

INCENTIVELY In *cen "tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Incitingly; encouragingly.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

incentive

in cen tive |inˈsentiv ɪnˈsɛn (t )ɪv | ▶noun a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something: there is no incentive for customers to conserve water. • a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment: tax incentives for investing in depressed areas | [ as modifier ] : incentive payments. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin incentivum ‘something that sets the tune or incites, ’ from incantare ‘to chant or charm. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

incentive

in |cen ¦tive |ɪnˈsɛntɪv | ▶noun a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something: give farmers an incentive to improve their land. • a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment: tax incentives for investing in depressed areas. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin incentivum ‘something that sets the tune or incites ’, from incantare ‘to chant or charm ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

incentive

incentive noun only financial incentives will curb the polluting activities of major industries: inducement, motivation, motive, reason, stimulus, stimulant, spur, impetus, encouragement, impulse; incitement, goad, provocation; attraction, lure, bait; informal carrot, sweetener, come-on. ANTONYMS deterrent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

incentive

incentive noun tax laws which give factories a financial incentive to reduce pollution: inducement, motivation, motive, reason, stimulus, stimulant, spur, impetus, encouragement, impulse; incitement, goad, provocation; attraction, lure, bait; informal carrot, sweetener, come-on; rare premium, douceur. ANTONYMS deterrent, disincentive.

 

Duden Dictionary

Incentive

In cen tive Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ɪnˈsɛntɪv |das Incentive; Genitiv: des Incentives, Plural: die Incentives englisch incentive = Anreiz, zu spätlateinisch incentivus = anregend, reizend a Pluraletantum durch wirtschaftspolitische (meist steuerliche ) Maßnahmen ausgelöste Anreizeffekte zu erhöhter ökonomischer 1 Leistungsbereitschaft b von einem Unternehmen seinen Mitarbeiter [inne ]n angebotene Gratifikation (z. B. in Form von Geld, Sachleistungen oder Incentivereisen ), die zur Leistungssteigerung anreizen soll

 

Incentivereise

In cen tive rei se Substantiv, feminin , die Reise, die ein Unternehmen bestimmten Mitarbeiter [inne ]n als Anreiz zur Leistungssteigerung, als Prämie o. Ä. stiftet

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

incentive

in cen tive /ɪnséntɪv /〖語源は 「火をつける 」〗名詞 U C «…への » 刺激 , 誘因, 動機 «for , to » ; «…しようとする » やる気, 気持ち «to do » ; (増産を促す )報奨金 ▸ The price increase of cigarettes is a major incentive for me to quit smoking .私が禁煙しようと思った主な動機はタバコの値上げです ▸ tax incentives 税制上の優遇措置 形容詞 more ～; most ～刺激的な, 誘発的な, 奨励的な ▸ incentive pay [wage ]報奨金